2 Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs This poignant prophetic text from Isaiah 53 begins ith the question Who has believed hat e have heard and to hom has the Lord been revealed The soloist then goes on to describe our Lord as a young plant a root groing out of dry ground Man of sorros knon to grief It is important that the soloist allo the gravity of the ords themselves to communicate rather than add too much stylistic nuance hich might detract from Isaiah s poetic message A steady tempo at m 22 prepares the choir for their first entrance at m 23 ith the signature ords of this passage Surely He has borne our griefs The same applies in not over dramatizing the musical phrase but alloing it to poignantly express the message and continuing to the ending phrase by His ounds e are no made hole REVIEW IEW EW IEW IEW IE The contrasting middle section at m 41 is set in a gentler tone and modality confessing that e have all like sheep gone astray Leading ith a crescendo and modulation to the reprise at m 51 the choir and accompanist may add more dynamic force to this no familiar phrase and melody continuing to the final statement by His ounds e are no made hole ohn Purifoy is an ASCAP composer of choral orchestral piano and solo orks His compositions have been performed and recorded by actress/singer Carol Larence the Anita Kerr Singers UCLA Concert Choir the Northest Choral Society of Chicago Georgeton University Concert Choir Emory University Choirs and other artists and performing groups around the orld He received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Arkansas and completed graduate study in music theory at the University of Texas Chronicles of Blue and Gray composed for chorus and orchestra and commissioned by the Knoxville Choral Society as premiered in 2012 to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War It received a Ne York Premiere at Carnegie Hall on une 8 2014 by Distinguished Concerts International Ne York His patriotic oratorio We Hold These Truths narrated by author Alex Haley on the 1989 reedoms oundation at Valley orge aard for musical programs and he is a multi-recipient of the ASCAP Standard Aard Mr Purifoy lives in Knoxville Tennessee ith his ife Vicki PRIEW Previe Only IEW PR W PRIEW IEW IEW
ACCOMP 8 SURELY HE HAS BORNE OUR GRIES for SATB voices accompanied* Words based on ISAIAH 53 reely (q = ca 108) 4 4 BARITONE SOLO 5 P REVIEW IEW EW IEW IEW IE ith pedal Who has be-lieved hat e have heard and to hom has the Lord been re - vealed He n gre up be-fore him like a ẇ n n * To purchase a full-length performance recording () of this piece go to alfredcom/donloads Music by OHN PURIOY (ASCAP) PRIEW young plant like a Previe Only IEW PR n 1993 NEW SPRING PUBLISHING INC All Rights Administered at CapitolCMGPublishingcom This Arrangement 2015 NEW SPRING PUBLISHING INC All Rights Reserved Used by Permission SOLE SELLING AGENT OR THIS ARRANGEMENT: ALRED MUSIC THE CCLI LICENSE DOES NOT GRANT PERMISSION TO PHOTOCOPY THIS MUSIC W PRIEW 3 IEW IEW
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